2021–22 Scottish Rugby Academy season

Scottish Rugby Academy
2021 / 2022

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The Scottish Rugby Academy provides Scotland's up and coming rugby stars a dedicated focused routeway for development into the professional game. Entry is restricted to Scottish qualified students and both male and female entrants are accepted into 4 regional academies. The 2021–22 season sees the seventh year of the academy, now sponsored by Fosroc.

Season overview

This was the seventh year of the Scottish Rugby Academy.

Regional Academies

The Scottish Rugby Academy runs four regional academies in Scotland:- Glasgow and the West, Borders and East Lothian, Edinburgh and Caledonia. These roughly correspond to the traditional districts of Glasgow District, South, Edinburgh District and North and Midlands.

Stages

Players are selected in three stages:-

Supported stages

• Stage 1 - Regionally selected and regionally supported players
• Stage 2 - Nationally selected and regionally supported players

Contracted stage

• Stage 3 - Nationally selected and regionally supported players assigned to a professional team.

Academy Players

Stage 3 players

Stage 3 players are assigned to a professional team. Nominally, for the men, Glasgow Warriors receive the Stage 3 players of Glasgow and the West and Caledonia regions, while Edinburgh Rugby receive the Stage 3 players of the Edinburgh and Borders and East Lothian regions. The women are integrated into the Scotland women's national rugby sevens team and the Scotland women's national rugby union team.

The Stage 3 players were assigned directly to Glasgow Warriors and Edinburgh Rugby.

However they were also assigned to the Super 6 sides when not in use by the United Rugby Championship sides.

Glasgow Warriors

Note: Flags indicate national union under World Rugby eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-World Rugby nationality.

Player Position Union Murphy Walker Prop Scotland Jamie Drummond Hooker Scotland Angus Fraser Hooker Scotland Euan Ferrie Lock Scotland Alex Samuel Lock Scotland Max Williamson Lock Scotland Gregor Brown Flanker Scotland Rory Jackson Flanker Scotland Rhys Tait Flanker Scotland

Player Position Union Euan Cunningham Fly-half Scotland Christian Townsend Fly-half Scotland Michael Gray Centre Scotland Robbie McCallum Centre Scotland Finlay Callaghan Wing Scotland Ross McKnight Wing Scotland

Edinburgh

Note: Flags indicate national union under World Rugby eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-World Rugby nationality.

Player Position Union Dan Gamble Prop Scotland Michael Jones Prop Scotland Cole Lamberton Prop Scotland Patrick Harrison Hooker Scotland Jamie Campbell Flanker Scotland Harri Morris Flanker Scotland Rudi Brown Flanker Scotland

Player Position Union Roan Frostwick Scrum-half Scotland Matt Russell Fly-half Scotland Cameron Scott Fly-half Scotland Matt Currie Centre Scotland Ben Evans Wing Scotland Jacob Henry Wing Scotland Harry Paterson Fullback Scotland Nathan Sweeney Fullback Scotland

Super 6 intake

Ayrshire Bulls

Note: Flags indicate national union under World Rugby eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-World Rugby nationality.

Player Position Union Jamie Drummond Hooker Scotland Alex Samuel Lock Scotland Rory Jackson Flanker Scotland

Player Position Union Christian Townsend Fly-half Scotland Finlay Callaghan Wing Scotland

Boroughmuir Bears

Note: Flags indicate national union under World Rugby eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-World Rugby nationality.

Player Position Union Euan Ferrie Lock Scotland Gregor Brown Flanker Scotland Rhys Tait Flanker Scotland

Player Position Union Robbie McCallum Centre Scotland Michael Gray Centre Scotland

Heriots Rugby

Note: Flags indicate national union under World Rugby eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-World Rugby nationality.

Player Position Union Dan Gamble Prop Scotland Michael Jones Prop Scotland Jamie Campbell Flanker Scotland

Player Position Union Matt Russell Fly-half Scotland Ben Evans Wing Scotland

Southern Knights

Note: Flags indicate national union under World Rugby eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-World Rugby nationality.

Player Position Union Patrick Harrison Hooker Scotland Harri Morris Flanker Scotland

Player Position Union Cameron Scott Fly-half Scotland Jacob Henry Wing Scotland Nathan Sweeney Fullback Scotland

Stirling County

Note: Flags indicate national union under World Rugby eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-World Rugby nationality.

Player Position Union Murphy Walker Prop Scotland Angus Fraser Hooker Scotland Max Williamson Lock Scotland

Player Position Union Euan Cunningham Fly-half Scotland Ross McKnight Wing Scotland

Watsonians

Note: Flags indicate national union under World Rugby eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-World Rugby nationality.

Player Position Union Cole Lamberton Prop Scotland Rudi Brown Flanker Scotland

Player Position Union Roan Frostwick Scrum-half Scotland Matt Currie Centre Scotland Harry Paterson Fullback Scotland

Supported players

The inductees for the 2021–22 season are split into their regional academies. The male players are still in Stage 1 and Stage 2 of the academy and not yet deemed professional players. The women named, however, may be international players, using the academy for support. Stage 1 and Stage 2 players have yet to be announced for the 2021–22 season.

Graduates of this year

None as yet.